SCENARIO 10-3
as Part of an Evaluation Program, a Sporting

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SCENARIO 10-3
As part of an evaluation program, a sporting goods retailer wanted to compare the downhill coasting speeds of 4 brands of bicycles.She took 3 of each brand and determined their maximum downhill speeds.The results are presented in miles per hour in the table below. $\begin{array}{lllll}\text { Trial}&\text { Barth}&\text { Tornado }&\text {Reiser}&\text { Shaw }\\1 & 43 & 37 & 41 & 43 \\2 & 46 & 38 & 45 & 45 \\3 & 43 & 39 & 42 & 46\end{array}$
-Referring to SCENARIO 10-3, what should be the conclusion for the Levene's test for homogeneity of variances at a 5% level of significance?

• A)There is insufficient evidence that the variances are all the same.
• B)There is sufficient evidence that the variances are all the same.
• C)There is insufficient evidence that the variances are not all the same.
• D)There is sufficient evidence that the variances are not all the same.

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